Recording apparatus

Abstract

A recording apparatus, wherein in a photographing mode in which image data and audio data obtained using a camera section and microphone, respectively, built into the apparatus are recorded, a head element is moved at a first speed corresponding to the photographing mode, and in an external input mode in which image data and audio data input by external sources are recorded, a head mechanism is moved at a second speed.

1. A recording apparatus comprising:
 image pickup means; 
 a microphone; 
 input means for inputting image data and audio data from an exterior of the apparatus; 
 recording means for recording the image data and audio data on a disk-shaped recording medium by recording element, said recording means including a movement mechanism to move the recording element in a radial direction of the disk-shaped recording medium; 
 mode setting means for setting one of a plurality of modes including a first recording mode in which said recording means records, on the disk-shaped recording medium, image data obtained by said image pickup means and audio data obtained through said microphone and a second recording mode in which said recording means records, on the disk-shaped recording medium, the image data and audio data obtained by said input means; and 
 control means for selecting one of a first control profile for moving the recording element and a second control profile for moving the recording element at a higher speed than the first control profile, according to the mode set by said mode setting means, and controlling the movement mechanism on the basis of said selected control profile, said control means selecting the first control profile if the first recording mode is set by said mode setting means and selecting the second control profile if the second recording is set by said setting means. 
 
   
   
     2. The recording apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the disk-shaped recording medium includes an optical disk, and said recording element includes an optical pickup. 
   
   
     3. The recording apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising reproduction means for reproducing said image data and audio data from the disk-shaped recording medium,
 wherein said control means further selects said second control profile in response to setting, by said mode setting means, of a reproduction mode in which said reproduction means reproduces said image data and audio data, and said control means controls the movement mechanism to said second control profile. 
 
   
   
     4. A recording apparatus comprising:
 image pickup means; 
 a microphone; 
 a memory which stores image data obtained by said image pickup means and audio data obtained through said microphone; 
 recording means for reading out image data and audio data stored in said memory and records the read-out data on a disk-shaped recording medium by a recording element, said recording means including a movement mechanism to move the recording element in a radial direction of the disk-shaped recording medium; and 
 control means for selecting one of a first control profile for moving the recording element and a second control profile for moving the recording element at a higher speed than the first control profile, on the basis of the amount of said image data and audio data stored in said memory and controlling the movement mechanism on the basis of said selected control profile, said control means selecting said first control profile if the amount of image data and audio data stored in said memory is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, and said control means selecting said second control profile if the amount of image data audio data stored in said memory exceeds said predetermined value. 
 
   
   
     5. A recording apparatus comprising:
 a microphone; 
 input means for inputting an audio data from an exterior of the apparatus; 
 recording means for recording the audio data on a disk-shaped recording medium by a recording element, said recording means including a movement mechanism to move the recording element in a radial direction of the disk-shaped recording medium; 
 mode setting means for setting one of a plurality of modes including a first recording mode in which said recording means records, on the disk-shaped recording medium, audio data obtained through said microphone and a second recording mode in which said recording means records, on the disk-shaped recording medium, the audio data obtained by said input means; and 
 control means for selecting one of a first control profile for moving the recording element and a second control profile for moving the recording element at a higher speed than the first control profile, according to the mode set by said mode setting means, and controlling the movement mechanism on the basis of said selected control profile, said control means selecting the first control profile if the first recording mode is set by said mode setting means and selecting the second control profile if the second recording mode is set by said mode setting means.